CULTURE, TOURISM, AEROSPACE: AXIS BETWEEN CHINA AND CAMPANIA

Cultural heritage, tourism, aerospace are the three cornerstones that underpin the process of collaboration that will bring in September, twinning agreement between Ercolano, Portici and Caserta with some cities’ in China including Xi’an, world famous for its ‘terracotta army’. The guidelines were presented at the diplomatic visit of the Ambassador of the Republic of China in Italy, Li Ruiyu at a press conference that was attended by the mayors of Portici Nicholas Brown, Herculaneum and the president of Vincent Strazzullo Ercolanese Aniello De Rosa.

The objective is to strengthen exchanges and tourism relations between producers to start development processes that have a positive impact in the territories. On this point, the ambassador Li Ruiyu said: “We see Italy as our best partner in the European context: your premier held talks with the Chinese leadership that led to the planning guidelines on culture and economic cooperation. Within cultural over 14 thousand students are studying in Italy, while more than one million and 500 thousand Chinese tourist presence in your territory. the city of Xi’an has a great history and a highly developed economy and, with this twinning, the city will work well together in the fields of archeology and cultural heritage. ”

An opportunity also dall’aerospazio: CIRA (Italian Aerospace Research Centre) based in Capua, in the context of the funding programs of research, has promoted collaboration with Chinese institutions through the draft Grain, Greener Aeronautics International Networking. The success of this initiative has enabled the refinancing of the project called Grain2. The President of the Cira, Louis Carrino said: “The purpose for the future is that both countries, partly thanks to this important twinning, may benefit from a more intense and long-lasting cooperation, particularly in the aerospace and aviation so strongly developed in city ​​of Xi’an. capabilities of experimentation and research will contribute to the strength of the Cira research centers and aerospace companies of a nation such as China, already a global player in the aerospace sector and prestigious and reliable partner. “In the fall, in ‘cartel scope of international cooperation, an Italian delegation will fly to China for the signing of the twinning.